BLOUNT COUNTY SCHOOLSVISION:

Educational Excellence for All

Students!

BLOUNT COUNTY SCHOOLSMission:

To Maximize the Academic Potential of Every Child in a Safe and Personalized Environment. The BCS will graduate students who are college and career ready and prepared to meet the challenges of the 21st Century workplace.

• Focus on math and science for all students in all grades.

Math and science need to be more coordinated and integrated for maximizing instructional time and producing positive results. Through our math and science curriculum, we need to develop the ability to analyze, synthesize and solve problems from which there are no routine solutions.

Who

Mark Andrews, Mary Cooper, Sam Warwick, Mark Rowland, Justin Lane, Kendall Terry, Julie Bell, LaVada Yazel, Lisa Collins, Jared Smith, Colleen Mattison, Shane Rewis, Brad Rasmussen

What STEM

When Bi-monthly meetings

Where HHS STEM Center

HHS STEM TEAM

STEM PROGRAM MISSION STATEMENT

To insure our graduates are critical thinkers who are able to solve non-routine problems in a globally competitive society.

They will have developed 21st century technology and communication skills and demonstrated self-direction and social responsibility.

The BCS STEM Program will provide ALL Blount County students with:

Solid STEM coursework foundations

Collaborative problem solving Experiences

Research and Internship Opportunities

Project-based learning

The Challenge to Solve Non-routine Problems

HHS STEM TEAM’S TIER 1 GOALS

• Establish paths of study for STEM endorsements

•Gauge faculty, community, and student interest•Through surveys

•Write a mission statement and goals for the program

•Propose a timeline for implementation

•Identify potential sources of funding and resources•Thinkfinity/Verizon STEM seed money•Regional Business Partnerships

•Pilot a STEM program for HHS and BCS

Paths of Study That Are Currently Being Developed

•Honors/AP Pre-Nursing•Health and Life Sciences

•Honors/AP Pre-Engineering•PRE-Engineering CAD and Design

•Thinkers and doers reacting organically collaborating for success

Inclusive programFine arts CTE Core Academics

Trans-disciplinary

Technology

Initail requests $ PD Early out time

Current sponsors****** logos Roan state TVA BCEF Blount Memorial

Career Cluster

Program of Study

Technology Engineering Education Course Work

5th – 8th Grade

9th grade 10th grade 11 grade 12th grade

Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics

Engineering & Technology

5 - 6th GradeExploring

Technology

Foundations of

TechnologyTechnological Issues

Advanced Design

Applications

Engineering Design (AP)

7th GradeInventions

and Innovations

8th GradeTechnological Systems

Science and Mathematics

5 - 6th GradeExploring

Technology

Foundations of

TechnologyTechnological Issues

Advanced Technologic

al Applications

Problems and

Solutions in Technology

7th GradeInventions

and Innovations

8th GradeTechnological Systems

Technology Engineering EducationSTEM Cluster

Honors/AP PRE-Engineering  Semester 1 Semester 2 Semester 3 Semester 4 Semester 5 Semester 6 Semester 7 Semester 8Math Alg. I H Geom. H Alg IIA H Alg IIB H Prob & St. Pre-Cal H Calc. H AP Calc.English Eng. I H   Eng. II H   Eng. III H   Eng. IV H  

Science  Bio I H   Chem. H Physics H

Science Research

Senior Science

 

Social Studies

W. Geo H   W. Hist H   

US Hist H Econ H Govt H

  

Computer Applications

  F. Lang I F. Lang IIPrinciples of Engineering

STEM Capstone

 

Wellness   PE/ P. Fin F. Arts        Electives                

* AP English may replace Honors English, Can CAD satisfy Comp Apps? Can CAD2 satisy F.Arts? Do we need to include Trig/Adv.Alg? Eng.II H and W.Hist H are taught during the same semester.

Honors/AP PRE-Engineering Pathway

Pre-Engineering CAD and DESIGN  Semester 1 Semester 2 Semester 3 Semester 4 Semester 5 Semester 6 Semester 7 Semester 8Math Alg IA Alg IB Geometry   Alg. IIA Alg IIB Finite Math  English Eng. I   Eng. II   Eng. III   Eng. IV  Science   Bio IA Phy. Sci   Chem A Chem B    

Social Studies

World Geography  

  CAD US HistoryScience Research

Economics Government

  

Computer Applications

  F. Lang I F. Lang IIPrinciples of Engineering

STEM Capstone

Advanced CAD

Wellness   PE/ P. Fin F. Arts        Electives                

PRE-Engineering CAD and Design Pathway

Building The Capacity

Advanced Placement Courses Being Offered at HHS This Year

AP English III AP Calculus AB

AP English IV AP Calculus BC

AP US History AP Biology

AP Probability and Statistics

Scientific Research: Course Number: 3295

This class will focus on original research to be done in the course of the semester by both the class as a whole and the individual student. We will focus on correct ways to do research as well as ethical ramifications of research practices. There will be a concluding presentation that will be made by each student about the research that they completed in front of peers and faculty. Students will also be encouraged to take part in science research competitions for scholarship money.